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GENEVA (AP): Two-time Olympic finalist Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years yesterday in a doping case that ruled the 21-year-old United States sprinter out of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges...

When he takes to the track for the heats of the men’s 200 metres at the Japan National Stadium, Christopher Taylor will have “no expectations” as the sprinter said making it to the World Athletics Championships was his main goal this season. Taylor...

What is seen as the “Group of Death” in the rural schoolboys daCosta Cup competition will serve up a treat today with a fiery Group I doubleheader at Glenmuir High School. In the opener at 1:30 p.m., defending champions Garvey Maceo High face Vere...

Veteran coach Bert Cameron said he believes that Jamaica stands a strong chance of medalling in the men’s 4x400-metre relay at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as it will come down to a strong team effort in the absence of a standout star....

National Basketball Association (NBA) star Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets hosted a two-day camp in Montego Bay last weekend to provide young student-athletes with the tools and resources to improve their skills. The scorching heat did not...

HAVING spent four months in open allowance, a total of three races, including second- and third-place finishes behind grade-one horses, SHEER DELIGHT has served the mandatory three-month jail time, earning parole to overnight allowance, facing 11...

TOKYO, Japan: Sprint legend and 11-time World Athletics Championships gold medallist Usain Bolt is hopeful that one of Jamaica’s three entrants in the men’s 100 metres will claim the world title at the Japan National Stadium come Sunday. In an...

Western Bureau: Former national midfield star Alton ‘Noah’ Sterling, who is now based in the United States, says the death of his former team-mate Allan ‘Skill’ Cole has come as a big surprise to him because, while he would speak to the fellow...

After silver medals in Eugene 2022 and Budapest 2023, Jamaica’s women’s 4x100 metres relay team is hungry to return to the top at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Their last golden run came in Doha 2019, and now the stakes couldn...

THERE SHOULD be fireworks in the men’s 4x100-metre relay in Tokyo as the two most successful nations in the event at the World Championships, the United States and Jamaica, prepare to scorch the track in what promises to be a memorable clash. The...